Very interesting documentary about how advertising is working on our human minds both subconsciously and subliminally. Why and how are people attracted to advertised goods and services? With which tricks is advertising working to get you?
Caché is a high-performance object database that is ideal for providing data persistence to Java applications. Caché eliminates object/relational mapping, which shortens development time and boosts runtime performance. Caché gives you several options for persisting data, allowing you to choose the approach that works best for you: JDBC provides high performance SQL access using a completely Java-based (Type 4) driver; Any Caché class can be projected as a Java class so properties and methods can be accessed as Java objects.
From a starting-point of just over 500 when it launched in July, Apple's App Store already has about 15,000 applications available and downloads have surpassed 500 million. So it's with a great sense of excitement that SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit, already in its third year, has been receiving proposals from qualified expert speakers for the upcoming East coast event, being held June 22 in New York City.
According to new research from the social media services provider Virtue, the Apple iPhone was the most talked about brand across social media sites in 2008. Apple itself and its iPod also made the list of the top ten most talked about brands.
iPhone Developer Summit (www.iphonedevsummit.com) recently announced that due to popular demand it will extend its program to cover a second day. In a Letter from the Tech Chair at the conference Website, the Tech Chair of the Conference, Ian Thain, writes: "With the iPhone more than earning its place in the consumer market, it is now being adopted by enterprises. In fact, many believe that the iPhone will be the most adopted enterprise device in 2009."
Sun lost $209 million, 28 cents a share, in the December quarter, half way through its fiscal year, because of a $222 million restructuring charge that it’s taking to cover the firing of those 5,000-6,000 people, the 15%-18% of its workforce it vowed to terminate back in November. The latest round of layoffs started this week, reportedly targeting 1,300 folks.
SoftSlate is pleased to release version 3.0 of SoftSlate Commerce, a flexible shopping cart program written purely in Java and JSP. The focus of this major upgrade has been on revamping the application's web-based administration with non-technical users in mind. Now, managing an online store's products, customers and orders with SoftSlate Commerce is easy than ever. Along the way, SoftSlate has added a number of other new features as well.
Instantiations and SureAvenue, a solution provider for system consultation and system development, have announced an official reseller relationship. Under terms of the agreement, SureAvenue is exclusively licensed to resell Instantiations' GUI development, quality improvement, and software testing tools in Japan. Products include WindowBuilder Pro, CodePro AnalytiX, WindowTester Pro, CodePro Profiler, and RCP Developer.
Apple has sorta kinda gotten its way - like it got its way with the iPhone trademark. It wanted IBM VP and MPU maven Mark Papermaster, portrayed by IBM as a walking library of IBM trade secrets, to start running its iPod and iPhone engineering in November; IBM sued to enforce Papermaster's sacred year-on-the-beach non-compete and persuaded a court to enjoined the guy from working at Apple. On Tuesday the companies came to terms.
Andreas Antonopoulos, the SVP & Founding Partner of Nemertes Research, will be presenting at SYS-CON's 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. His presentation, Securing the Benefits of Virtualization, will be presented on the Desktop, Database, Storage, Security track. Virtualization Security is a critical issue that, left unaddressed, will ultimately negate many of the benefits or virtualization.
This presentation at AJAX World Conference & Expo 2008 West discussed how BAE Systems leverage the AJAX capabilities of ICEfaces to deliver revolutionary, web-based solutions for Homeland Security. Included were live demos of incidentOS, and how ICEfaces can help take AJAX to the max. Notably, key capabilities in ICEfaces like AJAX Push, and Portal Integration - both being fundamental to incidentOS - were introduced. Stephen Markya and Ryan Moquin encouraged a greater understanding of how ICEfaces can take web application development to the next level. Additionally, this session just may have caused many to feel safer knowing technologies like incidentOS are helping secure the Homeland.
Authors can launch their own magazine on any topic in less than 90 seconds, by hitting Ulitzer's "magic" button. The new magazine is launched prepopulated with articles, blogs, and news stories and a complete masthead of its founder, editor, and contributors such as BroadwayWorld Magazine, Open BlueDragon Developer's Journal, Gutenberg Communications, etc.
Despite the recession and consumer fears, Apple posted record numbers for the fourth calendar quarter, surpassing $10 billion in revenues for the first time in its life, hitting $10.17 billion, up 5.8%, on earning of $1.6 billion, or $1.78 a share, whizzing past its $1.06-$1.35 guidance. Wall Street thought it was good for $1.39 on $9.75 billion. Mac sales were up 9% to 2.5 million units, which is what estimates had forecast down about 100k units sequentially – Apple blew off any netbook threat – but iPods, regarded as something of loss leader, were up 3% to 22.7 units thanks to international sales. iPhone unit sales were up 88% to 4.4 million units, down from 6.9 million in the September quarter and short of expectations. The sales at Apple retail stores were down to $7 million a site from $8.5 million. Apple is notorious for its soft guidance. It said it expects to realize 90 cents-$1 on revenue of $7.6 billion-$8 billion. Wall Street had Apple down for $1.13 on $8.2 billion. Apple figures its gross margin will be 32.5%, down a little more two points. The launch date of Snow Leopard, the next Apple OS, is still a mystery like Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health. Apple had nothing to contribute to that discussion. It did however suggest that it might take the Palm and its new Pre multi-touch interface to court. Apple COO Tim Cook, Steve Jobs’ stand-in while he’s on medical leave, said – without talking about “any specific company” of course – “We will not stand for having our IP ripped off.” Jon Rubenstein, the former head of Apple hardware, is now executive chairman of Palm.
JavaServer Faces has established itself as the leading framework for JEE development. In spite of its rising popularity, many development teams are unfamiliar with its use of components, so let's begin with a description of JSF components and what they have to offer. At its most basic, a component begins as a new tag, sometimes called a "custom tag" that you can add to a JavaServer Page (JSP). When the JSP is compiled, the tag is converted to a more complicated HTML-base structure.
I would like to introduce the m2e project, a project that combines the power of Maven with the usability of Eclipse. In this article, I’m going to talk about our plans for the m2e project: where it is today, and where we intend to take the project. M2e is more than just a Maven plugin for Eclipse. While that is certainly an important part of the m2e project, Sonatype has its eyes set on a much more audacious goal.
No one can doubt the success of Apple's iPhone, as it's now sold in over 70 countries and to date has well over 13 million units in use. I have been keeping a close watch and I’m sure that each one of us can say that they have seen one in use by a friend, neighbor and even a passerby in the street. It is my opinion that the success story has happened not just because the iPhone is a great device, but it is the all-around user experience that it creates which makes it so compelling!
Instantiations has announced version 6.0 of CodePro AnalytiX. The new features help developers decrease potential code security vulnerabilities early in the software development lifecycle, improve Java code quality and reduce development costs through increased developer productivity. The company also announced new versions of CodePro Profiler, WindowBuilder Pro, WindowTester Pro and RCP Developer. The latest version of CodePro AnalytiX adds a number of new OWASP-based security auditing rules, support for mock objects, new rules for web services auditing, and extended JUnit testing support for Spring, Struts and EJB frameworks. CodePro AnalytiX helps developers detect, report and repair security vulnerabilities and code defects as they write code during the build process. Through CodePro AnalytiX uses intense automation of audits, metrics, and best practices. With this upgrade, Instantiations extends the number of security audit rules to 183, bringing the Java code auditing library to nearly 1,200 rules. Features include: New Security Audit Rules. Version 6.0 adds 25 more OWASP-based rules that help enterprises meet security policy compliance while exposing high-risk runtime vulnerabilities. In addition, a new Threads & Synchronization audit rule category was added. Web Services Audit Category Added. Includes 28 new audit rules. Mock Objects. Helps quickly and safely simulate the behavior of other objects. Avoid live testing when it would be time consuming, a security issue, or even dangerous — but still check behavior and ensure code quality. Extended JUnit Testing Support for Popular Web Application Frameworks. JUnit test generation now supports the most popular frameworks, including Spring, Struts and EJB. Other product updates: CodePro Profiler is a run-time performance analysis tool for Eclipse Java developers; it helps developers to efficiently find performance problems in code during development. Profiler also helps find CPU and algorithmic bottlenecks, memory leaks, threading issues, and other concurrency-related problems that can slow down an application or cause it to crash. Version 2.0 adds many user interface enhancements, as well as improving general performance and providing updated Help, tutorials and documentation. WindowTester Pro is a tool for automating the testing of Swing and SWT GUIs. Version 3.6.2 includes a new programmer’s guide and API Quick Reference card, as well as core runtime improvements and enhancements to overall product stability. RCP Developer provides tools for constructing and testing GUIs, documenting and documenting and packaging rich client applications for deployment to accelerate the creation of Eclipse RCP applications. Version 3.7 includes the WindowTester SWT functionality enhancements updated in WindowTester Pro. WindowBuilder Pro is a Java GUI builder that includes Swing Designer, SWT Designer, and GWT Designer. Version 6.9 adds minor functionality enhancements.
Bloomberg says that the SEC is reviewing Apple’s disclosures about the health of its CEO Steve Jobs “to ensure investors weren’t misled.” Great, Apple has little credibility and the SEC is trying to redeem its own sunken reputation. In a separate story Bloomberg said Jobs, now suddenly on medical leave until June after claiming a few days before that his anorexic-like condition could be fixed simply enough – a turnabout that whipsawed Apple’s stock – may have a liver transplant as a result of complications from his 2004 cancer surgery.
The iPhone 3G has arrived in Thailand with the mobile operator True Move. According to the website iPhones Talk, Apple reportedly negotiated for some time to get the phone into the country. Despite its potential appeal in the Thai market, there is speculation surrounding how many Thai users will be able to take full advantage of the iPhone 3G’s rich features due to spotty 3G coverage and lack of education about the phone’s advantages, in addition to the lack of heavy data related usage there.
This documentary reveals that shamans were the first healers and scientists and are responsible for early human evolution. By inducing an altered or shamanic state of consciousness, they were the ancient astronauts that explored the mystical regions of the mind for the protection and growth of their societies.
In the post-war era, a wave of decolonisation swept across the decaying British Empire. British forces became embroiled in a number guerrilla wars. In Palestine, Kenya, Cyprus and Malaya, indigenous forces waged war on their imperial oppressors. However, Britains long running struggle with the Irish Republican Army has proved to be the most enduring, and arguably most damaging, conflict of all.
Based on Karen Armstrong's book, this film examines the concept of God in the three major monotheistic religions from the days of Abraham to modern times. Through analysis of historic and holy texts and incorporation of ancient art and artifacts, the program explores the deity written about in the Bible and the Quran. The evolution and intertwining of various Christian, Jewish and Islamic interpretations of God are also addressed.
The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure?
It is a small nation in an unforgiving land, surrounded by enemies. It fought three large-scale wars in the years between 1950 and 1980, and countless smaller engagements during and since that time. Not surprisingly, Israeli experts have designed and developed some extremely effective weapons to help in their seemingly never-ending battle to defend their homeland.
